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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2019

Variable Details

VariableUCREDIT
LabelReason for claiming Universal Credit
Question text (In the week ending Sunday the [date]) was the main reason you were receiving Universal Credit because you were... 1 Unemployed and looking for work, 2 Not working because you were sick, injured or disabled, 3 Not working because of being a lone parent for a child under 5, 4 Not working because of caring for someone who was sick or disabled, 5 Working but entitled to Universal Credit on top of your earnings, 6 For some other reason?
Responses
1 Unemployed and looking for work 385
2 Not working because you were sick, injured or disabled 571
3 Not working because of being a lone parent for a child under 191
4 Not working because of caring for someone who was sick or di 124
5 Working but entitled to Universal Credit on top of your earn 573
6 For some other reason 131
-9 Does not apply 85229
-8 No answer 6
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2019
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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